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Baldrick:
As there is no sign of my next intended build kit on the horizon yet I am lining up for a build of the steam tug Cervia. I am going this time for a GRP as being confined to the house in the winter I cannot make sawdust in large quantities . So, I have lined up the hull shell together with a copy of the Vic Smeed plans and am thinking about the plan of campaign.
 First the rudder frame, have determined the shape this needs to be and as some areas are a bit slim plywood does not seem man enough, perhaps a brass /ply /brass sandwich or else mill it out of aluminium.  Need to think along this !

 

Baldrick:
Started at last , making rudder frame out of 6mm brass bar.

tugmad:
Very nice 👍👍

ballastanksian:
It is nice to see a bit of model engineering  :-))

BrianB6:
A lot better than my effort  :embarrassed:
Just a brass bar epoxied to my home made fibreglass hull
I did have a scale rudder but found a partly balanced one gave more control at slow speeds.
Even after 40 years I have not got round to finish painting it.
Not quite in it's bottom housing.

( someone should change the American spell checker to English. It is not fiberglass! )

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